If you wish to point a domain address that you have to a different domain address or subdomain, the best way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain being forwarded loses all its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it's forwarded to. By doing this, if you are using a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be directed to the Internet site you have set up, but it'll also be displayed in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all the visitors from different subdomains to their main Internet domain, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because this kind of a record created for the main domain renders it impossible to use email addresses.
CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting
You can effortlessly create CNAME records if you have a Linux shared website hosting package through our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use CP that enables you to see all DNS records for the domains and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record includes a few simple steps - pick the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, after that just click on the Save button. The procedure is as basic as that and the new record will be active almost immediately. That way, you will have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to set up a private URL for company emails, and more. If you feel unsure about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally just a click to get it done.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You'll be able to create, change and delete CNAME records really easy with any one of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are handled via the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you will see all records for any domain name or subdomain you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you just have to choose the hostname that will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), enter where it will be forwarded to, pick the record type, that'll be CNAME in this case, and you'll be all set. In case you have never used a web hosting service before, our CP is quite intuitive to use, so you will not have any issues. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article concerning how to set up a CNAME record, both of which could be found in the same section of Hepsia. With this function, you can easily use a domain name hosted on our cutting edge cloud hosting platform for a site created somewhere else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, plus much more.